Maintenance

Scent-detecting canines help sniff out annual bluegrass weevil

November 13, 2015 By Ben McGraw, Ph.D.

The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) is the most destructive insect pest of golf course turf in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States and eastern Canadian provinces. The insect is believed to be native to North America, yet damaging populations continue ...

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Discussing bunker liners with USGA Green Section’s Jim Moore

November 13, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Jim Moore is director of education for the USGA Green Section. He has more than 30 years of experience in golf course maintenance and construction, and during his career with the USGA he has visited hundreds of golf courses in ...

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Students win award for device that reduces lawn mower emissions

November 2, 2015 By Grant Gannon

A team of University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering students won a national sustainable development award last month for creating a device that reduces emissions from lawn mowers. The team their advisor and the university will receive $43,000 ...

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Early Order Program Guide

October 16, 2015 By Stacie Zinn Roberts

How early order programs benefit your course and the industry From course to course, challenges differ. Even courses that border each other have unique challenges despite their close proximity. The importance of maximizing maintenance dollars, however, might be the one ...

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Victim or Victor: What are online tee times doing for your course?

October 15, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Trying to learn from the hotel industry, golf grapples to make third-party online tee time websites work for them. They go by many names, are run by companies big and small and reach U.S. golf courses in states from the ...

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At the heart of it all: Executing a pump station renovation

October 15, 2015 By Anthony Williams

By Bob Scott, ASIC, CID, CLIA and Anthony Williams, CGCS, CGM Renovation projects are a part of any golf facility’s long-term planning and success. Some renovations are simple, some complex, and all are as diverse as golf courses themselves. When ...

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